SPARC welcomes directive mooting open access to publicly funded research
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) today applauded President Obama for issuing a landmark Directive to ensure that the results of taxpayer-funded...
CCC named one of ‘10 to Watch’ in the Open Access space
Not-for-Profit Organization Named One of “10 to Watch” in the Open Access Space
Danvers, Mass. – Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a not-for-profit organization and leading...
Launch of COAR Repository Observatory
Today we launch the new COAR Task Force “Repository Observatory” (RO) on the COAR website. The aim of this project will be the identification...
PeerJ Publishes Its First Articles
PeerJ (https://peerj.com), a new academic journal publisher, founded on the principles of affordability, innovation, and Open Access, published its first articles today.
PeerJ, launched by...
The IET finalises global editorial board for The Journal of Engineering and reveals APC...
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has today revealed further details of its open access offering, announcing the recruitment of eight section editors...
Cambridge University Press and Chinese Laser Press to launch open access journal
Chinese Laser Press and Cambridge University Press have announced that they will be launching a new open access journal from 2013.
The new journal, High Power...
Oxford University Press to publish new OA journal Conservation Physiology
Oxford University Press (OUP) is pleased to announce the launch of Conservation Physiology, an open access journal, edited by a prestigious team of experts headed...
Elsevier Launches New Open Access Journal: Molecular Metabolism
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is pleased to announce the launch of Molecular Metabolism in affiliation with the German...
The Max Planck Society and De Gruyter Sign Agreement for Open Access Publishing
The Max Planck Society (MPG) and the academic publisher De Gruyter concluded a trend-setting framework agreement on the publication of Open Access books. The contract...
SAGE makes Open Access more accessible to social science and humanities scholars with $99...
SAGE, a leading international academic and professional publisher, today announced that the price of publication in SAGE Open has been discounted to $99 per...
New journal Cancer & Metabolism launches today
New journal Cancer & Metabolism launches today with a selection of articles that highlight the altered metabolic pathways that drive cancer. Altered glucose metabolism of tumor...
Springer to collaborate with Scion on open access journal
Starting in January 2013, Springer and Scion, a New Zealand Crown Research Institute, will cooperate to publish the New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science....